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As I was going through my recipes for the Game Day Party Food roundup I noticed that I have a lot of buffalo chicken recipes, which is not too surprising given that I am totally addicted, but what I realized was that I did not have a recipe for the dish that inspired them all, buffalo chicken wings! (See below the recipe for all of my buffalo chicken recipes!) In fact, I had never cooked wings at home before and I did't really know why; it just never occurred to me to try. Upon realizing that, I knew that I would have to rectify the problem and that I would have to get to making some buffalo chicken wings!

It turns out that it couldn't be easier to make chicken wings at home especially buffalo chicken wings! Although you could batter your wings up and deep fry them, you can also bake them and the skin gets nice and crispy all by itself! All you need to do is throw the wings into the oven, bake until crispy and then toss them in your favourite hot sauce and you have finger lickingly tasty chicken wings with less than 10 minutes of effort! While I was researching buffalo chicken wing recipes I noticed that the recipes for some other kinds of chicken wings are much more onerous and may even require you to marinate the wings or even give them a spice rub before baking but otherwise they are just as easy! Get ready for me to bring on the chicken wing experiments! I need to make up for lost time!

Given how easy they are to make, there is no excuse to not make them for snacking on while watching the game! Just have plenty of napkins handy.

Easy Crispy Baked Buffalo Wings

Easy home made crispy baked buffalo chicken wings that are the perfect party food for watching the game with friends.

ingredients

2 pounds chicken wings, rinsed and pat dry

1 tablespoon oil

salt and pepper to taste

1/2 cup hot sauce

1 tablespoon butter

directions

Toss the wings in the oil, salt and pepper, place them on a rack, on a foil lined baking sheet and bake in a preheated 400F/200C oven on the upper shelf until golden brown and crispy, about 45-50 minutes.

Toss in the hot sauce and butter and serve while warm with blue cheese or ranch dressing for dipping.

One of my favorite tips for having some mind blowing chicken wings is to half cook them in the oven and then flash fry them the rest of the way in a pan. You get that nice smokey oven flavor mixed with the fried crispy skins. Delicious.

Anonymous: Franks Red Hot Sauce will work fine and if you do not like things too hot, you can add it a little at a time to get it to where you want it. Dipping the wings in the blue cheese or ranch dressing will also mellow the heat and the celery sticks will help tame the heat as well. Enjoy!

I've now used this recipe several times to great success. Every friend who tries them insists they are the best wings they've ever had! I use Frank's for the sauce. I also bake the wings in the lower third of the oven. The one housekeeping issue is, of course, the oil splatter. At this point, I now line the bottom of the oven with foil. If you have a self-cleaning oven, run it as soon as possible. Definitely have to turn off the smoke alarm for the duration of the baking. Another tip: try peeling your celery before eating it (just use a regular potato peeler), it makes the celery more digestable.

Chay Lynn: That will work, you really just want to combine them. It is better if the hot sauce is not chilled from coming directly from the fridge or the butter will separate and form little bits in the sauce.

I've made this recipe twice now (hubby and I love it!), but everytime I've made it it smokes horribly! I also haven't been able to find racks to put in the oven, any racks I find are cooling racks, any suggestions where I can purchase some? And also how to do this and now smoke up the whole house? :-X

Kitten: Glad you like them! If your cooling racks are metal and not coated with anything, they will work in the oven. I have seen teflon coated cooling racks that say they are oven safe up to 400F so they would be ok as well. Unfortunately I have not found a great solution for the smoke yet. I have a fan in the window which help blow it out. If your oven is below your stove and it has an overhead fan, that might help a bit.

I'm sorry. Living where I do is so depressing regarding your recipes. :'( how would I make a hot sauce. Could you give me alternatives and maybe some cof what you suggest is available here please and if successful I will pray at your feet for ever.

This recipe looks great! Can't wait to try for the Super Bowl! Do you recommend marinating the wings (or giving a spice rub) as you mention, to give it more flavor? If so, would this be done before baking and for how long?

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.